Exodus 34:35 (WEB)
The children of Israel saw Moses’ face, that the skin of Moses’ face shone; so Moses put the veil on his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Fathers and councils · 5
Jerome
“Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.”” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiv. 33, 35; 2 Cor. iii. 7 sq.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But they not understanding the hidden grace which was in the Old Testament, screened as it were by the veil (this was signified when they were unable to gaze upon the face of Moses), endeavoured to obey the commandments of God for the sake of an earthly and carnal…” — editor's note: Exod. xxxiv. 33–35; 2 Cor. iii. 13–15.
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Tertullian
“…though fatter than he, could not constantly contemplate even Moses himself, fed as he had been upon God, nor his leanness, sated as it had been with His glory!” — editor's note: See Ex. xxxiii. 18, 19, with xxxiv. 4–9, 29–35.
Read the whole comment“Afterwards the face of the same Moses is changed, with a brightness which eye could not bear.” — editor's note: Ex. xxxiv. 29, 35.
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Gregory the Great
“Hence Moses, when he comes on from the sanctuary of God, veils his shining face before the people; because in truth He shews not to multitudes the secrets of inmost brightness (Exod. xxxiv. 33, 35).” — the author cites it
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Cross-references · 15
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 55.
Cited together in The Book of Pastoral Rule III.40.